3992 x 2877 px | 33,8 x 24,4 cm | 13,3 x 9,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. September 2009
Ort:
The National Mall, Washington DC
Weitere Informationen:
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC, USA. Sculptor: Henry Shrady. This artwork is in the public domain because the artist died more than 70 years ago. The drive to erect a monument to Grant was begun in the 1890s by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Work on the memorial was begun in 1902 as the largest ever commissioned by Congress at the time was created by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady and architect Edward Pearce Casey. Sculptor Edmund Amateis assisted Shrady as the monument neared completion in 1921. Shrady spent 20 years of his life working on the memorial and died, stressed and overworked, two weeks before its dedication in 1922 The sculptures were cast in bronze at the Roman Bronze Works in New York. Construction on the site of the memorial began in 1909 when the marble superstructure and the four bronze lions were installed. The Artillery Group was installed in 1912, the Cavalry Group in 1916, and the bronze equestrian statue of Grant in 1920. The memorial was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Grant's birth, April 27, 1922. Shrady having died, the infantry panels on the base of Grant's pedestal were completed by sculptor Sherry Fry based on Shrady's sketches and installed in 1924
